Improved apparatus for painting



UNITED STATES Partnr @Priora ASA I). MERRITT, OF CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR PAINTING.

Specification forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 103,640, dated May 3l. 1570.

To all 107mm, z may concern:

Be it known that I, Asa I). Mnnnrr'r, of Charlotte, county of Eaton, and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvernents in Apparatus for Painting and Like Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to au apparatus for house-painting, &c., in which the brush is kept constantly supplied with paint in such quantity as desired, and wi'thout the trouble and waste of time occasioned by continually dipping the brush in the paint can or pot.

The apparatus I have devised is intended to be carried upon the person of the workman; and it consists of a 'flexible or compressible paint-receptacle which is subjected to springpressure, substantially as hereinafter described, whereby the paint may be forced out from the receptacle through a tube of suitable length, which communicates with or opens into the brush to be used for painting. Under this arrangement, no matter what may be the position ofthe brush, it can be kept constantly supplied with paint, a valve in the handle serving to regulate the supply according to the necessity of the case.

The manner in which my invention is or may be carried into effect will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which 4Figure l is a perspective view of an apparatus madein accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through the same.

A is the compressible paintbag, made of leather or other material sufficiently strong and suited to the purpose. It communicates with a tube, a, of guttapercha or other suitable material, which at one end is securely fastened to the receptacle A, and at the other is made fast to a hollow metallic or other stem or handle, b. The front end of this stem has a screw-thread, c, formed on it, upon which the brush d may be screwed. A small auxiliary flexible tube, c, is placed within the hollow handle, and extends out from the same into the brush a suitable distance, as shown in Fig. 2. A valve, f, consisting of a yoke which embraces the tube e, and is f orced outward by means of a spring, g, so as to compress and close said tube, is employed to regulate the iiow of the paint. It can be pressed down by means of thc button 71 so as to allow the tube to open.

In order to obtain the necessary pressure upon the paint bag or receptacle A, I employ spiral or other springs, B, which a-re compressed between two boards or strips, C D the one, D, bearing upon the paint-bag, the other, C, held in place by means of stops or locking-pieces Il in the sides of the box F, within which thepaint-bag, springs, and pieces C D are placed and held, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. A spring-pressure upon the bag is thus obtained which will sul-lice to carry the paint through the tribes and into the brush, whatever position the brush may be in. The valve in the handle or stem of the brush serves to regulate the supply of paint or cut it off entirely at pleasure. rIhe box F is carried ou the person ofthe workman by means of straps G, arranged in any suitable manner for the purpose. By the use ot' an apparatus such as described much time is saved, as well as labor. With it a painter can cover double the surface l that 11e could by the ordinary way in the same space of time, and there is no waste oi' paint,

i as the valve regulates the supply perfectly.

In order to lill the bag, the spring-stops in the sides of the box are pressed back, thus re lieving the springs of compression and allowing the bag to be taken out, detached from the tube, and filled through a funnel. The tube is l then refastened, the bag put back in its place, the board C pressed up against thc springs i until the spring-stops can catch over it, and

the apparatus is in condition for use.

The cost of the apparatus is but little, and it is very durable. J I have described the manner in which I prefer to arrange the springs and the regulatingj valve; but it is manifest that the saine may beY arranged in various other ways to accomplish I the same result without departing from the principle of my invention.

I do not limit myself, therefore, to the precise details herein described; but

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A painting apparatus composed of a compressible paint-receptacle subjected to springA brush through the supply tube or conduit by means of spring-pressure applied to the paint bag or receptacle7 substantially as and for the purposes shown and specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name l to this specification before two subscribing pressure, substantially as herein described, in Combination with a tube or conduit leading from the receptacle to the brush, and a valve located in the stein or brush-handle, for regulating the discharge of the paint from the tube into the brush, substantially as shown and set forth. witnesses.

2. The arrangement of the paint-receptacle z, y and its compressingsprings within la box or ASA P MDRRYFT' case adapted to be carried on the person of the Witnesses:

Workman, substantially as shown and set forth.

the paint to the B. XV. VARREN,

3. The mode of forcing l'. D. MCCU'roHnoN. 

